Charles Dickens (1812-70) giving his last public reading at St James's Hall, London 5 March 1870. He read extracts from A Christmas Carol and the trial scene from Pickwick Papers. His first reading was in 1858. Wood engraving 1870.

Charles Dickens (1812-70) English novelist and journalist. Dickens giving a public reading from his Dombey and Son July 1858. This was one of his early readings which he began in 1858 and continued until March 1870.

Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon's glorious Axe Valley, travelling alongside the River Axe estuary through two nature reserves and giving an unrivalled view of the abundant...

Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon's glorious Axe Valley, travelling alongside the River Axe estuary through two nature reserves and giving an unrivalled view of the abundant...

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Photograph of a well know Territorial unit known as the 'Queen's Westminster's' marching pass the Houses of Parliament. Dated 1939

; Photograph ; Photography ; Territorial unit ; British ; Military ; Militia ; Territorial Army ; Queen's Westminster's ; marching ; march ; Houses of Parliament ; London ; Parliament ; War ; World War Two ; World War II ; Second World War ;...

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Photograph of a well know Territorial unit known as the 'Queen's Westminster's' marching pass the Houses of Parliament. Dated 1939

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham,West Midlands,UK:13th March 2016. Thousands lined the streets from Digbeth to the city centre,celebrating the patron St Of the Irish 'St Patrick' . The parade was packed with marching bands, cars,scooter,floats,and dancers . After...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Photograph from The History of The Great War volume 5 published 1918 illustrations bureau photographer uncredited. Info from wiki:Standing on Beresford Place and Eden Quay, near the Custom House, the original Liberty Hall was a hotel before it became...

Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford trial in Westminster Hall English statesman 1641 civil war death execution tried on the King Charles I by Parliament England and leading political figure politician impeachment impeached for treason historic...

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Vintage engraving print depicting the trial of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, in Westminster Hall in 1641. Wentworth (1593 - 1641) was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War. He served in...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Birmingham has a strong Irish community which forms the heart of the Irish Quarter. With over 80,000 visitors every March, celebrating the Irish patron Saint Patrick , Birmingham's St Patrick's Parade is widely accepted as one of the...

Last flight, March 21 1917, Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, forced to land, shot by Australians, British prisoner on the Western front, died of wounds April 1917, Prussian aviator, pilot, bi plane, plane of his own design, taking off, aerial...

Vintage photo circa 1912 of suffragettes with placards protesting in London as part of the campaign to win women the right to vote. The placards are advertising a forthcoming meeting to be held in the Strand. Women in the UK finally won the right to...

Vintage photo circa 1910 - 1915 of a suffragette protester being arrested by police in London during the campaign to win women the right to vote. Women in the UK finally won the right to vote on the same terms as men with the Representation of the...

Scott's Run, West Virginia. Pursglove Mines Nos. 3 and 4 - This is the largest company on Scott's Run. Scene shows main Scott's Run Highway and atmosphere loaded with coal dust and typical of Scott's Run on any working day, March...

Scott's Run, West Virginia. Pursglove Mines Nos. 3 and 4 - This is the largest company of Scott's Run. Scene shows main Scott's Run Highway and atmosphere loaded with coal dust and typical of Scott's Run on any working day, March...

Scott's Run, West Virginia. The Patch - One of the worst camps in Scott's Run. The stream in an auxiliary branch that flows into Scott's Run. The main valley of Scott's Run can be seen towards the right of this picture. These houses...

Scott's Run, West Virginia. Outdoor privy - Scene taken from the main highway. The stream is Scott's Run. This privy is typical of many improvised outdoor toilets on Scott's Run. It is made from an old automobile; the house at left is...

Gandhi in March 1930launches the Salt March to Dandi to make salt, in defiance of the British tax on salt. himself. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing...